Marina Mahathir's new book, Telling It Straight, is now available on Kindle and Kobo as is her other collection of articles, In Liberal Doses.

Mata-Hari Antiques hosted a book signing event for the EDM title Ethnic Jewellery from Indonesia on Friday 30 November. Manfred Giehmann, who owns the collection of jewellery that the book is based on, gave a talk about his collection and then signed books for the guests.

Collector Manfred Giehmann signing copies of Ethnic Jewellery from Indonesia

Paul Michel Munoz, author of Early Kingdoms of the Indonesian Archipelago and the Malay Peninsula, attended the event

Guests listening to Manfred Giehmann's speech

EDM's editorial director, Douglas Amrine, chatting to a guest at the event

Both of Marina Mahathir's EDM titles, Telling It Straight and In Liberal Doses, are now available as ebooks on AsiaBooks.com and ilovebooks.com, with other leading ebook retailers to follow. We'll keep you posted.

Douglas (editorial director): The Secret Rooms: A True Gothic Mystery by Catherine Bailey

Nick (managing editor, Thailand): My Struggle by Karl Ove Knausgaard

Antoine (sales & marketing director): Life's Handicap by Rudyard Kipling

Rachael (editor): Nigellissima by Nigella Lawson

Farokh (sales & marketing manager): The Twelve by Justin Cronin (US hardcover edition)

Lindsay (editor): May We Be Forgiven by A. M. Homes

Lisa (designer): Tree of Codes by Jonathan Safran Foer

Suresh (sales & marketing manager): Proof of Heaven by Dr Eben Alexander

Sheena (assistant finance manager): The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

Siok Ai (editor): Information is Beautiful by David McCandless

Pascal (designer): Magnum Magnum by Thames & Hudson

James (editor):The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and the Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2001 Penguin Classics edition)

Hui Yee (designer): Divine Healing Hands by Dr Zhi Gang Sha and The Subtle Body by Cyndi Dale

The Singapore launch for Volcanoes of Indonesia was held last Friday night. The photographer of the book, Carl-Bernd Kaehlig, gave a very interesting talk on his travels throughout Indonesia and his experiences climbing and photographing the country's majestic volcanoes. Later Carl signed books while everyone enjoyed wine and some Indonesian-inspired food.

Many thanks to Select Books for hosting the event and making the night a success.

Two of EDM's new titles are now available as ebooks. 

An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles and Healing Cambodia One Child at a Time can be purchased from Kindle, Kobo, AsiaBooks, Skoob, ilovebooks, OverDrive and many other online bookstores.